Watch-protector



A. HURWHTZ.

WATCH PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE I8, I920.

1 379 97 Patented Mar. 29, 19211.

7 6 5N V EN TOR.

' I A TTORNEY ABRAHAM HURWITZ, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y.

WATCH-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed June 18, 1920. Serial No. 389,809.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM HURwiTz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the clty, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful lVatclrProtector, of which the following is a specificat1on.

The object of the invention is to provide means to prevent the theft'of watches from the pocket. The device is in the nature of a substitute for the ordinary guard-ring or bow, and may constitute an attachment for existing watches or be applied thereto in the first instance. It comprises a body or bow having means for connection to the watch-stem, and a claw held close to or in the bow and adapted to be projected therefrom, to catch in the pocket, with means for restraining the claw, releasable by pull on a yielding guard-ring.

In the accompanying drawings,

forming a part hereof:

Figure 1 is a'face view of the device applied to a watch, the claw being closed;

Fig. 2 is an edge view corresponding to Fig. 1, with the claw open;

Fig. 3 is anenlarged face view of the device, with the claw open and the cover-plate removed;

Fig. 4 is an edge view correspondlng to Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view corresponding to Fig. 3; and

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section, dotted lines being used to show the closed position of the claw. 1

The bow 1 is adapted to embrace the head of the stem 2 of a watch 3. In the case of an attachment, the regular guard-ring or how is removed, and the attachment bow applied thereto by opposed pointed screws 4 in the ends of the limbs ofthe bow, said screws taking into the sockets in the head of the stem.

The top of the bow is suitably chambered or recessed and may be provided with a cover plate 5. A claw 6, preferably substantially U-shaped like the bow, and hinged to the limbs thereof at the bottom, normally lies flat or flush with the side of the bow, and when released moves out to a widely projecting position. The upper or free edge 7 of the claw is serrated. -While one of these claws has been shown, the invention is not limited as to number and specific arrangement.

In the particular construction illustrated he ends of the limbs of the claw have perforated hinge lugs 8 bent rearwardly within recesses 9 in the ends of the limbs of the bow, where they are pivotally supported upon the attaching screws 4, which serve 'lso as hinge pintles. The claw is urged outward by a spring 10 coiled about the pintle in one of the recesses 9. In the laterally projecting position, the claw is sustained by the abutment of the hinge lugs against the top surfaces of the recesses, preventing further swinging movement under.

the action of the spring.

On the rear upper portion of the claw, toward one end is a latch lug 11. This lug cooperates with a horizontal ortransverse catchbar 12, which is movable up and down laterally to itself in a chamber 13 in the top of the bow; one end portion of this catch cooperating with said lug 11 to hold the claw retracted.

The catch is operativelyconnected with a yielding guard-ring 14 on the top of the bow, preferably by being united therewith. Said guard-ring isillustrated as screwed to the upper end of a slide 15, which is movable vertically in guide openings in the cross-portion of the bow, the catch-bar being notched and applied to a notched intermediate portion of'the slide, to which it is secured by a screw 16. A small coil spring 1'? interposed between ahead 18 on the lower end of the slide 15 and the top of a springchamber in the bottom of the bow urges the catch. and guard-ring member downward, so as to hold the catch in the latchlug on the claw.

The end of the catch-bar remote from the latch lug cooperates with a locking slide 19 movable horizontally in the chamber of the bow, by means of a thumb-nail projection 20 on the top. When this slide is pushed in, its end overlies the top of the bar, and thereby prevents release of the claw. Consequently the claw can be locked against action, at will. A tail 21 on the lock slide bears frictionally and resiliently against the top of the chamber 13, so as to hold the slide against accidental displacement. The wearer can simply slip the lock with his finger in the act of taking out the watch, or he can grasp the bow and claw so as to revent the claw catching in his pocket. r the lock can be left on under or dinary circumstances, and withdrawn upon occasions when the wearer may apprehend possibility of theft. The rear end of the locking slide has a tail 21, bent sufficiently to afford a frictional hold on the cooperating interior surface of the how, so as toavoid accidental shifting of the lock.

The operation will be readily understood.

With the lock off, a pull upon the watch' chain or guard will retract the catch against its spring, and cause the springpressed claw to. spring outward, so as to catch in the material of the pocket, thereby frustrating the attempt and warning the owner by the tug which is produced. The lock is readily available for use under theconditions indi cated; and when the owner wishes to consult his watch he may either make use of this look or simply hold the claw with his finger.

Vhile the preferred embodiment of the invention has been described in detail, it will be understood that numerous other forms may be devised. What I claim as new is:

1. A watch-protector, comprising a bow,

'a claw on the bow movable outward there from to catch in the pocket, a guard-ring yieldingly connected to the bow, and means whereby pu'll upon the ring releases the claw.

2. A watch-protector, comprising a bow, a claw on the bow movable outward therefrom to catch in the pocket, a catch in the bow for holding the claw, and a yielding ring on the bow operatively connected with the catch.

3. A watch-protector, comprising a bow having amovable claw, a spring for urging theclaw outward to catch in the pocket, a catch for holding the claw retracted, a yielding guard-ring on the bow operatively connected with the catch, and a spring for the catch.

4. A watch-protector, comprising a bow,

- a claw on theibow movable outward therefrom to catch in the pocket, a guard-ring yieldingly connected to the bow, means whereby pull upon the ring releases the claw, and a lock operable at will to prevent release of the claw.

5. A watch-protector, comprising a bow, screws in the ends thereof for engagement with sockets in the stem of a watch, a claw on the bow movable outward therefrom to catch in the pocket, a yielding guard-ring on the bow, and means whereby pull upon the ring releases the claw. A I

6. A watclrprotector, comprising a how,

a hinged claw held close in to the side of the bow and adapted to swing outward therefrom, a catch forholding the claw, and

a guard-ring member movable inthe bow and operatively connected with said catch.

7. A.watch-protector, comprising a bow, V

a U-shaped claw lying close in to the side of the bow and having its limbs hinged to the lower portions of the limbs of the bow,

and yielding means including a catch and a guard-ring whereby the claw is normally held and released by a pull upon the guardring.

8. A 'watch protector, comprising a bow, a claw hinged thereto at thebottom and havinga lug on its upper rear portion, a slide movable vertically in the, bow and hearing a guard-ring, a catch-bar fixed to said slide transversely thereto to'cooperate with the lug 'on the claw, and a spring. urging 7 

